Over the weekend, at his Texas super-spreader event, Trump very publicly telegraphed the people subpoenaed to testify about his role in planning the coup and insurrection that he will pardon them if he gets back into the White House if they don't snitch. One of the witnesses who potentially would have the most to share is former chief of staff, Mark Meadows who has, so far, been semi-cooperative but who hasn't sold Trump down the river. This morning Jonathan Allen reported that Trump's shady Save America PAC-- which is pretty cheap about contributions-- gave Meadow's right-wing political organization, Conservative Partnership Institute, a tax deductible million dollars.
Trump's shady PAC contributed to 69 candidates-- supporters of his Big Lie-- but "the contribution to Meadows' nonprofit," wrote Allen, "stands out both for its size and for its timing. On July 1, the House voted to establish a select committee to investigate the Capitol attack. Trump's PAC donated to the Conservative Partnership Institute, which bills itself as a training ground for conservative staff and elected officials, on July 26."
The PAC's largest contribution to a candidate, $10,000, went to Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, who has been a guide to Trump in navigating Texas's Republican primary politics. Most of the donations were made in $5,000 increments, and they went to most of the candidates Trump has endorsed.
Recipients of "Save America" checks include several candidates running for statewide offices, including secretary of state and attorney general, that have influence over the administration of elections. For example, Trump gave $5,000 to Arizona state Rep. Mark Finchem, a secretary of state candidate who has called for the decertification of the 2020 election, and a matching amount to Rep. Jody Hice (R-GA), who voted against certifying the election and is now running for secretary of state in Georgia.
Arizona and Georgia were the states decided by the smallest margins in 2020.
The PAC's contributions to Senate candidates included a donation to Republican Herschel Walker, the former University of Georgia and professional football star who played for Trump's team in the defunct USFL, the New Jersey Generals. And on the House side, Trump gave to Harriet Hageman, who is running a primary challenge to Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY). Cheney voted to impeach Trump for his role in the Jan. 6 attack and is one of two Republicans sitting on the committee investigating it.
These were Trump's contributions, in order of disbursement:
Anna Paulina Luna (FL)- $5,000
August Pfuger (TX)- $5,000
Beth Van Duyne (TX)- $5,000
Gus Bilirakis (FL)- $5,000
John Boozman (AR)- $5,000
Byron Donalds (FL)- $5,000
Chuck Fleischmann (TN)- $5,000
Michael Cloud (TX)- $5,000
Rick Crawford (AR)- $5,000
Diana Hashbarger (TN)- $5,000
Elise Stefanik (NY)- $5,000
Pat Fallon (TX)- $5,000
Chuck Grassley (IA)- $5,000
Harriet Hageman (WY)- $5,000
Joe Kent (WA)- $5,000
John Carter (TX)- $5,000
John Gibbs (MI)- $5,000
John Kennedy (LA)- $5,000
Julia Letlow (TX)- $5,000
Kelly Tshibaka (AK)- $5,000
Lauren Boebert (CO)- $5,000
Adam Laxalt (UT)- $5,000
Marco Rubio (FL))- $5,000
Matt Rosendale (MT)- $5,000
Max Miller (OH)- $5,000
Michael McCaul (TX)- $5,000
Michael Burgess (TX)- $5,000
Michael Waltz (FL)- $5,000
Mike Crapo (ID)- $5,000
Mo Brooks (AL)- $5,000
Alex Mooney (WV)- $5,000
Moran (KS)- $5,000
Rand Paul (KY)- $5,000
Roger Williams (TX)- $5,000
Steve Carra (MI)- $5,000
Herschel Walker (GA)- $5,000
Ted Budd (NC)- $5,000
Ronny Jackson (TX)- $5,000
Tim Scott (SC)- $5,000
Derrick Van Orden (WI)- $5,000
Ryan Zinke (MT)- $5,000
Anthony Kern (AZ)- $5,000
Bill Lee (TN)- $5,000
Angela Rigas (MI)- $5,000
Jackie Eubanks (MI)- $5,000
Rachelle Smit (MI)- $5,000
Conservative Partnership Institute- $1,000,000
Jon Rocha (MI)- $5,000
Kevin Rathbun (MI)- $5,000
Mick Bricker (MI)- $5,000
Dan Cox (MD)- $5,000
Dawn Buckingham (TX)- $5,000
Matt Maddock (MI)- $5,000
Mike Detmer (MI)- $5,000
Jody Hice (GA)- $7,000
Henry McMaster (SC)- $5,000
Charles Herbster (NE)- $5,000
Janice McGeachin (ID)- $5,000
Jonathan Lindsey (MI)- $5,000
Kari Lake (AZ)- $5,000
Ken Paxton (TX)- $5,000
Kevin Sparks (TX)- $5,000
Kristina Karamo (MI)- $5,000
Mark Finchem (AZ)- $5,000
Matthew Deperno (MI)- $5,000
David Perdue (GA)- $5,000
Pete Flores (TX)- $5,000
Ryan Guillen (TX)- $5,000
Dan Patrick (TX)- $10,000
Wendy Rogers (TX)- $5,000
You notice that one of these contributions is different from the others, right?
No contributions for Mike Pence though. In fact 2 top Pence aides, chief of staff Marc Short and general counsel Greg Jacob, have already testified at the select committee under oath. The next Trump PAC contribution may well be for state Rep. Russel Fry, who Trump just announced he's backing against Rep. Tom Rice, one of the House Republicans who voted to impeach him or, as Señor Trumpanzee put it so eloquently, "the coward who abandoned his constituents by caving to Nancy Pelosi and the Radical Left." Fry is one of 11 Republicans primarying Rice, most of them Trumpist crackpots with ho chance to win anything. My guess, though, is that Mark McBride, who was favored by the local Myrtle Beach fascists, is pretty suicidal about now.
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